Leadership Tuscarawas is again offering seats to the public for our annual county bus tour. This is an excellent opportunity to tour the County and visit places you may not have heard of or been to. The itinerary for the day includes stops at a local farm, a manufacturing company, Age of Steam Roundhouse, museums, and other interesting locations. The tour departs the Kent State University at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center parking lot on September 10, 2019, at 7:30 a.m. sharp, and returns at 5 p.m. If you or a colleague are new to the community, please join us for an informative and st...
Kent State University at Ashtabula Director of Enrollment Management and Student Services Amanda Dolan, Ph.D., will be one of the featured presenters at the 29th annual American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Conference, Nov. 3-6, 2019, in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Dolan will present her research and insights during her “What do 40 years of data tell us about student persistence?” session. Dr. Dolan recently gave a preview of her topic and shared thoughts about student success, retention and academic integration with the org...
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From July 28 to August 2, 2019, forty students from ten different Northeast Ohio colleges and universities convened at Kent State to be immersed in an entrepreneurial experience like no other. For the five days and four nights students worked together, with faculty, staff, and regional business leaders, to create innovative solutions that address local industry and community challenges. The event is one of two major programs put on each year by the Entrepreneurship Education Consortium (EEC) and funded through the Burton D. Morgan Foundation. The event was hosted by LaunchNET Kent State, with ...
Faculty spotlight on Molly Wang - Exemplifying Excellence According to the Kent State Model Zhiqiang Molly Wang, Ph.D., was recently promoted to full professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Kent State Geauga and the Regional Academic Center. Last spring semester, she was honored at Kent State's 9th Annual Mothers, Mentors and Muses Celebration for her nurturing ‘Mother’ role among students, helping to birth new ideas and to nurture a supportive academic environment. Read more. Janice Lessman-Moss, professor of textiles in Kent State University’s School of Art, has been named...
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCLS), in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, recently hosted the Second MEMENTO Boot Camp 2019 – a one-month research camp gathering 20 interdisciplinary researchers from 10 countries and regions, who worked together on the innovative translation research project: ‘Modelling Parameters of Cognitive Efforts in Translation Production’. The camp was sponsored by the Center for Research and Innovation in Translation and Technology (CRITT) at Kent State. The first boot camp, in summer 2018, was hosted by the University of Macau (C...
Iconic singer, Grammy-winning artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, Art Garfunkel, shares his intimate show at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on September 10 at 7:30 p.m. Blessed with what the New York Times described as a “beautiful countertenor,” singer ART GARFUNKEL has made an indelible mark on the music world as both a solo artist and half of the unrivaled Simon & Garfunkel. He has also enjoyed a successful film career, published a book of poetry and released 12 solo albums, the most recent being SOME ENCHANTED EVENING in 20...
Dr. Mariann Harding, Kent State University at Tuscarawas associate professor of nursing technology, has been selected for induction into the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) Academy for Associate Degree Nursing. Selected as a Fellow of the Academy in recognition of her outstanding contributions to associate degree nursing education and her commitment to nursing education and the practice of nursing, Dr. Harding will receive the official designation during the OADN 2019 Convention that will be held in November in Louisville, Kentucky. The Academy of Associate Degree Nursin...
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s Disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way — like Kent State University’s own Dr. Gemma Casadesus Smith. Since 2016, Casadesus Smith, an associate professor of biological science in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received more than $2.7 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to study the causes of Alzheimer’s and identify models for better pharmacological treatments. A new two-year, $224,500 project, titled “Characterization of transcri...
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Saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio, Kent State's Director of Jazz Studies as well as an alumnus, continues to help invigorate Northeast Ohio's thriving Jazz scene. Earlier this year, he recorded his 11th album, Re:Invented, as leader live at one of Cleveland's premier performance venues, the Bop Stop. The album, to be released Oct. 4 by Dot Time Records, has deep Kent State connections, with several KSU faculty and alumni performing. In addition to performing, Bobby wrote and arranged most of the music on the album. ...